He Wrote A Popular Book On His Travels Known As The Voyage Of The Beagle

The most popular name for the book Charles Darwin wrote and published in 1839 as his Journal and Remarks, which earned him a great deal of acclaim, is The Voyage of the Beagle. This is also one of the major accomplishments of Charles Darwin. The additional volumes of this work, The Narrative of the Voyages of H.M. Ships Adventure and Beagle, were written or edited by the ship's captains. Darwin's participation in the second survey mission of the ship HMS Beagle is covered in his journal and remarks. Due to Darwin's account's popularity, the publisher later reprinted it in 1839 as Darwin's Journal of Researches; the edited second edition was published under this name in 1845. The title The Voyage of the "Beagle," by which it is now most famous, was added to the book in a 1905 republication.

Captain Robert FitzRoy piloted the Beagle as it set out from Plymouth Sound on December 27, 1831. Beagle did not return until 2 October 1836, nearly five years beyond the expedition's initial two-year projection. The majority of this time was spent on land by Darwin (three years and three months on land; 18 months at sea). Written at a period when Western Europeans were traveling and mapping the whole planet, the book is both a vivid travel narrative and a thorough scientific field journal covering biology, geology, and anthropology that exhibits Darwin's great abilities of observation. Although Darwin visited several places again while on the journey, the chapters of the book are organized by location references rather than chronological sequence for clarity. It served as both a thorough scientific field journal and a vibrant and fascinating account of Darwin's travels. It earned Darwin a great deal of respect and reputation and is still published today.